Events honoring U.S. military veterans will run across Kenosha County from Nov. 5 through Veterans Day on Nov. 11, organized by schools, veterans groups, local governments and community organizations.
One of the largest gatherings is the county's annual Veterans Day Breakfast and Resource Fair on Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Kenosha County Job Center, 8600 Sheridan Road. Doors open at 8:30 a.m., breakfast is served at 9:15 a.m., and the free event runs until noon, with military honors, a resource fair and free haircuts from Gateway Technical College barbering students.
School programs begin Thursday, Nov. 5, at 9 a.m. at Jeffery Elementary School in Kenosha, followed Friday, Nov. 6, by Christian Life School's program from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Journey Church Auditorium. Other Nov. 7 events include a breakfast at the Village Pub of Silver Lake and a worship service and free lunch at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Kenosha.
On Sunday, Nov. 8, Pleasant Prairie holds its ceremony at 1:30 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial at Prairie Springs Park, with former prisoner of war Laurens Vellekoop as featured speaker. Gateway Technical College hosts a Veterans Honor Dinner on Tuesday, Nov. 10, from 5 to 7 p.m. at its Kenosha campus.
Veterans Day itself, Wednesday, Nov. 11, includes a breakfast and assembly at Wilmot Union High School, a program at Salem Consolidated Grade School, events at American Legion Post 21 and VFW Post 1865 in Kenosha, a Navy Club Ship 40 program at the Kenosha Civil War Museum at 11 a.m., the Kenosha Area Vietnam Veterans ceremony at Library Park at noon, and a closing program at Shoreland Lutheran High School in Somers at 2:15 p.m.
Residents can get more information from the Kenosha County Division of Veterans Services at 262-605-6690.
